Day 8
Peje and Pristine
04.09.2008 - 04.09.2008 -1 °C
The next morning I took the bus to Peje, left my backpack at the ticket office as there is no luggage safe keeping service, and explored the town for a few hours.
The mountains west of town are the eastern edge of the Dinaric Alps.
This ridge goes along the western border ending in Macedonia.
These mountains are part of the P3 – Peace Park Project of Albania, Montenegro and Kosova. Let's hope this park will come true soon enough' even though its possible to travel there today by crossing between the countries at th border crossing points.
After visiting Peje and having a Peja beer I took the bus to Pristine/Prishtina - the Capital.
The cab drivers of the central bus station of Pristine are robbers.
They try to charge 5-7 euros for a rather short ride in the city, so I went out of the station and took a cab on the street for less than 2 euros.
I went to Valenia guesthouse and met Nigel, a nice English guy, so we went together to Gracanica monastery and afterwards around town and then had dinner together.
Dinner was very tasty and expensive, but on the next day we both had stomach problems. So it's better to eat at a busy fast food stall (Kebap, Kofte etc.) for an euro or two, much cheaper and safer.
Posted by sapan 12.10.2008 03:55 Tagged backpacking
